True to his insect-eating, urine-drinking, rapids-braving TV persona, the 37-year-old has said he'll survive to tape another day.

His comments come after the Discovery Channel announced Tuesday that it was dropping the charismatic British adventurer and his survival show after six years.

The culprit? Failed contract negotiations.

“Bear's goal has always been to make life-empowering shows for his many fans around the globe, and he has taken great risks to bring Discovery such award winning programming over seven seasons," Grylls' rep Heather Krug said.

"Unfortunately, Bear and Discovery have not been able to come to mutual agreement on new programming, and he disagrees with Discovery's decision to terminate current productions. Bear has loved the 'Man vs. Wild' journey and looks forward to producing further cutting edge content again soon for his loyal audience."

While the details of the dispute are unclear, The Hollywood Reporter quoted industry sources as saying that it involved two unannounced projects Grylls had been expected to work on.

"Due to a continuing contractual dispute with Bear Grylls, Discovery has terminated all current productions with him,” a rep for Discovery also confirmed.

For his part, the TV star, best-selling author and motivational speaker appears to be taking the news in stride.

“Super proud of my team and all they've built with ManVsWild,” Grylls tweeted Tuesday. “Looking forward to the next set of Adventures!!”

“Thank you fans for your support!!” he added. “Do not go where the path may lead - go instead where there is no path and leave a trail...[D]on't worry...I'll be drinking my pee again soon!

i don't get why people hate grylls he may have had a camera crew but it is more realistic since he was only carrying a knife which not even most people in the wilderness would have. He did teach lots of tips and tricks to actually help you survive. If you hate the show then just focus on the facts he gives you instead of the show because it is very informational. Les is more unrealistic because even though he carries all of his equipment he has to walk his route about 3 times to allow for him to get a "good shot" sets up camera walks away, walks back to get camera, and then walks towards the way he came. I also think that his bag slows him down if that is 50 pounds of equipment he is wearing.

It was about time. Found his show very unrealistic (even falling off a mountain would be perfectly captured by the camera crew 'falling' with him). But most annoying was him being always out of breath while talking to give that sense of effort..adventure.. I'll take Les Stroud any time and without the heavy breathing

If one were to use the techniques demonstrated by Bear in real life one would dramatically increase the chances of being bitten by a snake and breaking one's leg. Also having craftsman build "improvised" devices and conveyances is quite deceptive too and on top of that using trained animals to portray wild animals goes even further. No big loss really.

Survivorman is a joke. All he does is, he puts up a shelter that sometimes catches fire and feeds on dead rodents and starves for a whole week. Bear on the other hand, is the real deal. He can actually survive in the toughest situations. Throw him in the woods, and he'll live off the land. A true shame that this show had to be canceled.

How many bugs, snakes, rodents, freshly killed zebra, etc does one have to eat to make it in show business? Not to mention jump out of airplanes, off cliffs, and climb with no rope.
He's going to win Fear Factor easilly. Pair him up with Anthony Burdain and that's an unstoppable team.

I agree. While no one will call Bear a p***y, Les carried his own cameras and such. He did it solo. Bear always had cameramen in the shots, etc. I mean, if the CAMERAMEN can do it lugging cameras..is it that hard?
Plus some of the things Bear did made no sense. He did things for the exhibitionism, instead of survival. He played up to the cameras instead of being honest about survivalist behavior. Like the sliding down the mountains, etc. I mean, seriously.. you don't risk breaking your legs or arms if it is just you. Common sense, dude.

You're right no one will call Bear Grylls a p#$$y, but the same can't be said for Les Stroud. The first time he ever heard a wild cat growl he was running to the village like a scared little girl. All he does is camp for a few days and tell everyone how dangerous everything is until they pick him up. Nice guy, but hardly a survivalist. Send BOTH of these men into a TRUE survival situation and see which one makes it back FIRST. Les may not make it back AT ALL. In fact both the guys from DUAL SURVIVAL are much better than Les as well.

Count me with those relieved to see him go. What a farce. One of the major problems we as humans face is the idea that we are in a struggle AGAINST nature. We are part of the earth's biosphere, like it or not. Until we stop hyping the idea that we are "at war" with earth and its creatures and processes, we are in huge trouble. Grow up, Bear, and start working to preserve the wild places you go and ruin with your macho histrionics.

It's a shame for Discovery to drop Bear Grylls, in all my years of watching Discovery he is one that I recommend to young and old people to watch – he has made an impact to people's lives! God Bear Grylls!!!

Bear is a great, great man. Former British SAS soldier. During a training mission his parachute didn't deploy and he broke his back. The doctors said he would never walk again...but one year later he summitted mount everest. Then he went on to teach in their survivor program for the SAS. Now as a motivational speaker he continues his great work. Regarding the show, Bear was feeling that the show was being compromised because of the idiots telling him what to do at Discovery (like running away from a train in one episode). Hopefully, he does find another worthy venture.

Les from Survivorman is glorified camping with a seemingly false background in the field.

Why was Bear always running? Really? Running as if being chased by canibals.... up the mountain, down the mountain, through the creek... run run run. Les always told us "if you sweat, you die." Bear came to my hometown for a book signing and I was not interested, now if Les came by instead, I would of been in line with a smile.

I liked it, but my wife loved it. Always a sucker for a British accent she would swoon whenever he would say "glacier". He knew how to play to his female audience too and it's amazing how in every single episode he figured out a way to remove his clothing: The best way to cross a river? Remove all my clothing! Need to find shade when nothing's around? Remove all my clothing!